The Late Cook Ascends the Tower - The Late Cook Ascends the Tower chapter 28

28 – Episode 28. Unpredictable.

Awakening, Tilda wriggled her big eyes, lost in thought.

‘Where is this place? What did I do to fall asleep?’

Unfamiliar ceiling and unfamiliar house.

The old bed creaked every time you moved, and the duvet was on the verge of fraying.

And it wasn’t long before she realized that her body was on the verge of breaking down like a blanket.

“aaa… It hurts…”

Back, waist, stomach, arms.

It’s hard to find a place that doesn’t hurt, but miraculously, when I put my hand on the sore spot, the pain completely disappeared.

My body was already better.

The only painful memories remain.

As soon as she realized that fact, her memories of yesterday rushed like a wave.

‘That’s right… I entered the labyrinth…’

The beginning was a sudden teleportation.

Originally, I was running away from the middle of the forest, but when I came to my senses, I found myself in a different world.

I suddenly meet strangers and feel threatened by a man who smells of blood.

In an imminent situation, she made the right choice.

I picked out a man who knew the secret passage leading out of the labyrinth.

She was able to get out of the labyrinth thanks to that man, but his help didn’t stop there.

『First of all, I saved you once, so do well in the future. Don’t go around getting hit for nothing.”

He left her in her strange village.

But her frustration did not last long.

She felt sorry that she thought of her as a colleague, even for a moment, but when she thought about it, she wasn’t anything to be sad about.

For her, asking for help from someone she met for the first time is an act without conscience.

He’s already freed her from her killer’s clutches, and if that wasn’t enough, he’s also taught her how to use her otherworldly cards.

Thinking that it was something she should be grateful for, she began to search for a way to survive.

But even in this world, she was a nerd.

I don’t know how to do anything, I’m small, and above all, I’m weak.

I realized it after half a day of wandering around the village holding on to my hungry stomach.

There is only one thing you can do in this town, enter the tower.

In this place, even the slightest decent humans risked their lives to enter the terrifying tower.

Despair and death hung over the faces of those who remained in the village.

That was also her future.

『Be careful with that. If it reaches 100, it will be instant death.』

This world is cursed with returning soldiers, so even the opportunity to enter the tower is limited.

If she enters the tower and fails, she will be in the same situation as those destitute people.

She was weighed down by that fact and trembled with fear for a full day.

A world where you die if you don’t move forward. A world where you are not allowed to run away.

It was an overly harsh condition for her, who has lived on the run all her life.

But she went into the tower.

All parties were rejected because of my lack of ability, and I didn’t have the right weapon,

Still entered the tower.

I heard a rumor that if you climb to the top of the tower, your wish will come true.

She had only one wish.

To be strong.

To not have to be chased by others and to be strong enough to help others.

She’s been weak all her life, so she didn’t know how to be strong, but she knew that nothing would change if she sat still.

Her heart, weaker than her harsh world, loathing herself more, drove her to her tower.

After entering the tower like that…

“I… how did…?”

At that moment, footsteps were heard from the bottom of the stairs, and then a woman appeared.

A pretty face that doesn’t go well with the desolate town, eyes as blue as a lake.

Charangi was a woman with unrealistically pretty brown hair.

As soon as she saw Tilda, she immediately stretched out her finger and said.

“Huh? Woke up! Are you okay?”

“Ah… Yes. But I… How are you here? I can’t remember the last one.”

“Huh… Really? Did you hurt her head… Yesterday my friend picked it up from the tower, don’t you remember that too? I heard you were attacked by a climber hunter…”

A climber hunter?

Ah… Those motherf*ckers…

Memories flooded back again.

This time, the memory is even more horrifying than the previous one.

As soon as she entered the tower, she was hit in the back of the head and passed out.

And when she awoke, she was surrounded by two people.

One is a sneaky flick. The other is Scary Grow.

As soon as I saw their mean faces, I was sure of what was about to happen.

I will be used by them.

They will move forward based on that.

Cowardly humans existed everywhere, and becoming prey to them was the fate of the weak.

The fact was so disgusting that she resisted.

And then it broke.

Forcibly writing contracts, losing all HP to monsters encountered in the tower, and robbing all rewards.

Then…

In that moment of stuttering at the bottom of the cold labyrinth.

I met the man again.

“How is it? Do you remember?”

“Yeah… By the way, who brought me here? What do you look like?”

“Black hair, black eyes.”

“Ah…”

“You remember? I was very surprised to see you both come back completely covered in blood last night… But wounds heal on their own in this town, so just rest a little and you’ll be fine.”

Black hair, dark eyes, that man was obvious.

‘That person… didn’t he abandon me…?’

Tilda thought the man was strange.

I can’t figure out if he’s a good person or a bad person.

When we first met, he boasted that he would use himself, then kindly taught us how to use the card, and at the end even warned the returnees.

Then he reappeared at the moment of desperation and set the same conditions this time.

Throwing myself on the brink of death in front of a strange cave

『Go inside and take out the plants and the box entrance. Instead, I will save you. Is this an equivalent exchange?”

And disappeared.

I thought Tilda was abandoned.

The moment she dragged her things to the entrance of the cave with all her might, she realized that the man was gone and gave up everything.

She’s savage, but she couldn’t help it even if she resented her.

Whether that man was a good man or a cheater, it was all because of his weak self.

That’s how I accepted my end.

She was still alive.

The man came back and saved himself.

Then why did the man disappear?

As Tilda pondered the reason, she suddenly opened the dog tag.

She checked the words that came up on the dog tag over and over again, but couldn’t find anything that should have been there.

“There is no contract… Why not?”

“What contract?”

“I… I was forcibly contracted by a climber hunter… But there is no record…?”

“Ah… You can forget about that.”

“Why?”

“He must be dead. The contract disappears when you die.”

“Yes!? Someone so strong… How? No, more than that, how do you know that?”

“I didn’t ask for details either, but wouldn’t it be better to hear it yourself later?”

“To whom?”

“Dohyun. Oh, don’t you know the name? My friend, the person you carried on your back yesterday.”

Hearing her words, Tilda thought of her again.

To sum it up, the man he thought disappeared came back and brought him here.

That wasn’t enough, so he said he killed Flick.

‘The reason he disappeared… Was he going to kill Flick?’

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As far as she knows, the man named Do-hyeon arrived in this world at the same time as herself.

So if the situation is bad, that person must be the same…

Even Flick is a strong person who can’t escape even if he tries his best.

‘Is there any reason to force myself to fight against such a strong person?’

No matter how much Tilda thought, she couldn’t find the reason.

“What do you think?”

“That’s… I thought I died in that tower for sure? But it’s strange that he’s still alive, and the fact that the contract disappeared… I just don’t understand why it happened.”

“Really? I’m not sure what’s weird Couldn’t it have been that Dohyeon saved him?”

“Just? No, aside from saving him… Isn’t there any reason for him to kill the climbers and hunters as well?”

“I just wanted to help. Dohyun is very nice.”

“Is he nice?”

“Yes! He made me a delicious soup this morning… And he told me he was coming back.”

“Is that a good thing?”

“He told me not to be sad, even though I didn’t have to. You’re nice, aren’t you?”

‘Well, were you such a delicate human being? It’s not crazy, is it just nice…?’

Tilda couldn’t understand the woman’s words, but once she thought she was nice, her explanations became easier.

She is the reason why she is alive and why her contract is gone.

If that’s the case, then these questions remain.

How a man in the same situation killed Flick.

Why was he able to openly challenge an opponent he knew nothing about?

And…

What is the identity of the delicious smell that vibrates in this house right now?

The smell was overly irritating to Tilda, who hadn’t eaten anything for days.

“I am hungry…”

“Will you wait a bit? Maybe later, when Dohyeon comes back, she might give her some soup. No! I will give you unconditionally I can assure you.”

“The soup… Looks good… But I don’t have anything. In this world, only equivalent exchange is possible…”

“Really? But Do-hyeon will give you soup.”

Tilda looked at the smiling woman and tilted her head inwardly.

It didn’t make sense for her to even find her way and donate food when there was no benefit to her.

Even the man seemed very sensitive to profit.

Why did he save himself, why did he kill Flick,

I still don’t know if it’s just because she’s nice, as the woman said.

At least the people Tilda knew weren’t that idle.

But, what does that woman believe in and why does she look so confident?

“I don’t know how… But it’s unconditional! Good to bet Hi-Hi…”

After the woman said that, she started to chatter about the soup she ate for breakfast.

How much fun the cooking process was.

How delicious the soup was.

He said he would strongly relate to it if he ate it, and he was more excited about it.

Tilda didn’t believe it, but she did. She closed her eyes and listened to what the woman said.

Wandering around in this terrible world and hearing such a happy voice…

I felt relieved.

It feels like I’m talking to a friend, and it feels like my side is by my side.

I like that feeling of relief that I have never felt in the world before.

She fell asleep slowly.

**

I prepared Dana’s breakfast and left the tavern straight away.

She worked hard on the store owner until the very last moment, and finally accepted her deal.

The woman offered 400 gold.

The item I will provide is [Soup containing the essence of a monster/rare].

This time, it’s a rare dish with 6 healing effects.

The result of that transaction…

I have 210 gold left in my hand.

“Damn… You don’t go into the tower? The return soldier treatment was 6, so why 210 gold?”

“The tower is deep and deep. So much that you can’t understand. If you have a question you can’t understand, get to the top. Thank you for this food!”

“After…”

For unknown reasons, it seemed that the woman did not need treatment for the returning soldier.

Even so, he started eating her soup with an excited expression, as if it was not a waste of 400 gold.

“Kuh… It kills the soup. Testimonial… Are you from the royal chef?”

“He was a cook for the lowly.”

“Really? In that world, it seems that the common people are kings. Delicious delicious! As long as there’s wine and bread here… Great…”

She watched her meal until she emptied the bowl like that.

In this town, there are only them, so even if there is food, you can’t sell it…

Seeing the woman eating reminds her that when she gets to the next town, she’ll have to make a big sweep of the money.

I make food for people who have a strong desire like this woman, and sweep away the gold.

You must have finished the event, you must have obtained the artifact, now you must attack the tower in earnest.

That’s the strongest artifact on the first floor! With [Hotel Armadillo]!

It’s a brain ficial, but it’s the best of 100 percent.

If I add the 210 gold the woman gave me to my original gold, my balance is now…

[Current holding gold: 1,209 gold]

All preparations are complete.

As soon as I took 1,000 gold out of my inventory and put it on the bar, juice gushed out of the woman’s mouth.

Poop!!!!!

“Keah… Keck! Oops… I’m sorry… I was embarrassed for a moment.”

Before, the soup from the eyes was so difficult.

I want to be much better than what comes out of my mouth.

f*ck.